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Perlene Sellars Kelly Graduation Invitation c.1932.jpeg
Envelope Posted May 3, 1932 - Ashburn, Ga
Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Garrett
Route 1
Sycamore, Georgia

The
Rebecca High School
Senior Class
announces its graduation
May sixteenth
High School Auditorium
eight thirty P. M.

Mitchell-Stewart Hardware Co.WArren Arnold & Son Repair.Lawnmower..Ashburn GA.Turner Co.Hopewell Primitive Baptist.Church Account..JPG
Misc. invoices from Mitchell-Stewart Hardware Co. and Warren Arnold & Son for Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church

Mr James Burch.Graveyard Work.Ashburn GA.Turner Co.Hopewell Primitive Baptist.Church Account..JPG
Transcription:

Ashburn GA
May 23 1979

Dear
Mrs. W.C. Garrett

how are you fine I hope
I have cut & cleaned up
the grave Yard and as
everything has went up so
I am charging $15 Dollars
for the grave yard work

Yours truly
Mr James…

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thank you to Lisa Garrett Bonnell for donating this! This belonged to Barbara Ann “Foots” Garrett Nelson (1940-2022). Barbara was born and raised in Sycamore, Georgia where she played varsity basketball and graduated from Turner County High School in…

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Ray's Drug Store, Gordon St., Ashburn, Turner Co., grand opening 1949.

Beverly Haper writes: "...He had boothes [sic] in far left side with a jukebox in far back. This was the hangout for teens back In The fifties !!! the store had a counter with…

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia. - March 1912 1.jpg

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia. - Sept 1921 1.jpg

Sycamore High School - Donald Garrett.png
DONALD GARRETT (RIGHT), WHEN HE ATTENDED SYCAMORE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1952. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA GARRETT BONNELL.

Donald Garrett with his milk truck he drove for delivery.png

To learn more about Donald Garrett and his milk delivery route, see his interview here:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/10/26/donald-garrett/

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William Cluria "Curley" Garrett's Texaco Station on S Main St. in Ashburn. Photo shows son, Donald Garrett's car in the station. (October 1958)

"W. C. Garrett opens Texaco Station"
from the Wiregrass Farmer
Sept. 5, 1957

"Texaco Service…

map of georgia pre-1905 3000.jpg
Since Turner County is not on the map and still part Worth, Dooly, Wilcox, and Irwin, this map predates the creation of TC in 1905.

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